mái

to bury

HSK 6

1Stroke Order Animation

0 strokes

2Readings & Meanings

  • máito bury
  • mánto blame

3Structure

Left-right structure左右结构

is built from 2 parts.

4Common Words with

十面埋伏shí miàn mái fú

Ambush from ten sides (pipa solo piece); House of Flying Daggers (2004 movie by Zhang Yimou 张艺谋[Zhāng Yì móu])

埋伏mái fú

to ambush; to lie in wait for; to lie low

埋名mái míng

to conceal one's identity; to live incognito

埋单mái dān

to pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese); (fig.) to bear responsibility

埋天怨地mán tiān yuàn dì

lit. to blame the heavens and reproach the earth; fig. to rave and rant

埋怨mán yuàn

to complain; to grumble (about); to reproach

Other Characters Pronounced “mai” / “man”